Day: March 20, 2023
Celebrations are underway for Nowruz, Persian New Year, marking the start of spring
Revelers feast and jump over fire to mark the beginning of the new year, but recent protests across Iran and the faltering economy have cast a pall over this year’s celebrations.
Most Trump supporters think protest call is a January 6 ‘trap’ – poll
 Former US president Donald Trump wants followers to take to the streets to defend him, but they fear being set up
 Former US president Donald Trump wants followers to take to the streets to defend him, but they fear being set up 
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Pentagon teams up with SBA to sweeten the pot for tech investments
For now, says Office of Strategic Capital director Jason Rathje, his three-month-old office will work through existing programs outside the Defense Department, in hopes of boosting investment in critical tech, especially hardware.
Venezuela’s oil czar resigns amid corruption investigations
Venezuela’s oil czar has announced his resignation as officials investigate alleged corruption among public officials
How major US stock indexes fared Monday 3/20/2023
Wall Street closed higher after regulators pushed together two huge banks over the weekend and made other moves to build confidence in the struggling industry.
Jeffrey Epstein banks to face sex trafficking case
A US court says the banks must face claims they enabled the deceased financier’s sex trafficking.
Delhi budget stalled over MHA queries; AAP, LG trade charges
In an unprecedented development that has escalated the face-off between the Centre and the Delhi government to a new level, the latter was on Monday virtually stopped by the Union ministry of home affairs from presenting its annual budget in the Vidhan…
U.S. aid worker and French journalist freed after years in captivity in West Africa
Jeff Woodke, an American missionary and humanitarian aid worker, was kidnapped by militants in 2016. Olivier Dubois, who was a correspondent for French news outlets, was kidnapped in 2021.
Earthquake-battered parts of Turkey hit by severe flooding
Piles of debris, cars, and in some cases, people, were carried away by fast-racing floodwater, after heavy rains last week.